quiddities and agonies of the ruling class - a rolling new york times thread

If you want to be a driver, of a car, a car is essential. OTOH if you need to get from place to place, it's a different story.

I, for example, drive a steamroller.

I'm a zamboni man myself

That's why I drove a tank.

this is kinda quiddity-ish ... it doesn't occur to anyone here that maybe the young 'uns aren't into cars b/c they have no money (no job, students loans, etc).

― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Friday, March 23, 2012 7:33 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

we already talked about this in the cars an america thread but even people w/ money can think it's a stupid use of that money.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/nyregion/private-schools-mine-parents-data-and-wallets.html

Perhaps the greatest quiddity/agony headline of all time:

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/i-regret-eating-my-placenta/

"I Regret Eating My Placenta"

also, lol:

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prestigious, $21,000-a-year Upper East Side preschool

"Maybe it was sheer coincidence that I went nuts right after I started taking my placental pills"

"went"

holy shit buzza is actually quoting the lede of sterling's story

ffffffffffuuu

"Say, for example, a parent sits on the board of the Museum of Modern Art."

"They put their apartment on the market the next week and moved to Larchmont, in Westchester County."

wauuu

21k/yr for preschool from an editor at Elle seemed a stretch but a quick google search shows her hubby is an investment banker so everything's as it should be

I liked the placenta-eating remorse article.

"I Regret Eating My Placebo"

same root word, I believe!

I Regret Living in Placentia, CA Where There Are No Prestigious Preschools

"I Regret Eating My Placebo"

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Haha yeah, exactly.

Last summer, Mr. Martin and his team temporarily transformed part of the G.M. lobby into a loftlike space reminiscent of a coffee shop in Austin or Seattle, with graffiti on the walls and skateboards and throw pillows scattered around.

Is that really what coffee shops in Austin and Seattle are like?

Skateboards scattered around sounds like an OSHA claim waiting to happen.

it is just.... how do these people live with themselves

can’t speak for seattle, but in austin coffee shops you can’t move for fear of tripping over a skateboard/throw pillow

xp

http://lemon-beagles.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/poochie2.jpg

Ms. Combe, for instance, says that while she makes a good salary and her husband has a job in finance, they cannot afford such a large lump-sum donation. She declined to identify the school, but said the meeting, which took place two years ago, was an epiphany.

“It just made clear everything that was making me uncomfortable about New York City private schools,” she said.

really the essence of quiddities here - "my husband, a managing director at Credit Suisse, and I are horrified by our $21k annual tuition preschool's focus on financial gain!"

"we should use that gringe music that they like. gringe. that's a thing, right?"

Tuition, more than $40,000 at some schools, typically covers only 80 percent of the cost of educating a student.

waht

when u trip on a skateboard there is a throw pillow to cushion yr fall so its cool just like in seattle or austin

The five-year strategic vision that Scratch has developed for Chevrolet, kept quiet until now, stretches beyond marketing to a rethinking of the company’s corporate culture. The strategy is to infuse General Motors with the same insights that made MTV reality shows like “Jersey Shore” and “Teen Mom” breakout hits.

more car crashes

Mr. Martin has recruited what he calls “insurgents,” young Chevrolet employees who are willing to change things from the inside and report to him on skeptical executives.

snitches

ha theres a terrible idea in nearly every paragraph

Placenta Lady has bestsellers titled Body Drama and Diet Drama. Can we block Sarah Jessica Parker from buying the rights?

On a recent Tuesday morning in the General Motors Technical Center, which was designed by Eero Saarinen, a couple of car executives huddled around a “persona board” in the color and trim laboratory. They studied a collage loaded with images of hip products like headphones created by Dr. Dre, a tablet computer and a chunky watch. The board inspired new Chevrolet colors, like “techno pink,” “lemonade” and “denim,” aimed at “a 23-year-old who shops at H&M and Target and listens to Wale with Beats headphones,” said Rebecca Waldmeir, a color and trim designer for Chevrolet.

how do you not just die right there

"Dear God, I so miss California. In parts of Flori-duh they eat the baby and raise the placenta."

also I don't think that person is buying him/herself a new car?

If you painted a car "denim" I think it would just curl up into a tiny car-ball and slink away in shame.

wau

http://vimeo.com/38118512

I'll only eat factory farm placenta.

ed hardy "techno pink" watch:

http://zales.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pZALE1-11679695t400.jpg

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/88/240566140_8c66cce9ff.jpg

you can check out all these innovative new colors here. "techno pink," in this case, means "basically off-white."

the "jalapeno" color is not very jalapeno-colored

'salsa red'

where's mole black?

thank you, quiddities thread, for this feast of bullshit.

U WANT CAR W/ATTITUDE U WANT BEATS BY DRE THIS CAR HAS FLARED NOSTRILS

http://i.imgur.com/Pm9Jq.png

ITS LIKE PRIUS ON DRUGS FU MOM N DAD